James Gurney

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A summary of the video comments:Good news for Rien Poortvliet fans.On Tiengemeten - an island in the 'Haringvliet' [the Netherlands] - a new official Poortvliet museum has been opened.

Chairman Daan den Ouden (Daan the Elder [what's in a name - remember Breugel?]) :"The first part of the museum shows life on the islands in the days of Poortvliet. You see a combination of drawings, watercolor and oils. We have a number of his top oil pieces.Upstairs we have the 'kinderworld'.A combination of gnomes and animals. Striking is how you can easily imagine the elephant walking of the drawing. Taking his observations back to his studio was the key to Poortvliet's work."Reinie Melissant-Briene, major of Korendijk: "We are an agrarian community that likes to promote recreation and tourism. Poortvliet is no doubt a crowd drawer."The museum chairmain adds: "In Tiengemeten we like to combine nature, culture and education which incidently were also the passions of Poortvliet."